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528 PDFTitle:COPYRIGHT ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:7Heading:FilmsVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) In this Part "film" (影片) means a recording on any medium from which a moving image may by any means be produced.
(2) The sound-track accompanying a film is to be treated as part of the film for the purposes of this Part.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), where that subsection applies-

        (a) references in this Part to showing a film include playing the film sound-track to accompany the film; and
        (b) references to playing a sound recording do not include playing the film sound-track to accompany the film.
(4) Copyright does not subsist in a film which is, or to the extent that it is, a copy taken from a previous film.
[cf. 1988 c. 48 s. 5B U.K.]